Hello from sunny Australia. Thank you Rose for starting this forum. I’m the only person I know who bakes bread, or anything for that matter, so it’s lovely to ‘meet’ others who share this passion—my husband would say obsession! I have made most of the breads in Rose’s book, and love them all. For me, many of them have the added attraction of being rather exotic, as we don’t have anything like them.

Hello! Glad to be here to talk about what I love most…baking. I am from Clearwater, Florida…but I am originally from Long Island, New York. There is no better baker than Rose, so we can all talk and learn a lot here on this forum. I have all her cookbooks. The holidays are a good time for all of us to compare notes on our favorties recipes and how-to’s. I have a lot to share and learn too. Lorraine Fina Stevenski